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Firoj: A Story of A Street Children
By Benzir Shaon
It’s
the story of one year before. One day I thought I know many things, but don’t
know much about poor. I don’t know much about their life style. How they live,
how they think, how they eat.
Then
I decided to pass a whole day with a street child. Early in the morning I
started from home to find a street child. In Neelkhet I saw a boy playing alone on a pavement. I saw none with him. I went near the
boy, asked his name. His name was Firoj. I told my plan to him. He agreed. I
also told him, I would bear all of expenses for the day.
He
was a boy of 10 years. He had no parents; he didn’t know who they were. He
passed his night lying on pavement, pavement was his residence, pavement was
his playground, pavement was his parents. Sometimes he
begged, sometimes he engaged himself with different professions. Once he was
miraculously beaten for stealing a piece of bread! He didn’t go to school like
us. No one told him to eat or sleep. We have written and memorized the essay of
“My Aim in Life” so many times, but he had no aim because he didn’t know what
was going to happen on the next day.
Sometimes
he got some money from begging. He spent that to buy bread, rice, curry,
chocolate, balloons, even cigarette. I was surprised to know that, the little
boy was a smoker! But I could understand after a short time, there was no one
to say to him, “Don’t smoke, it’s not good.”
Spending
the whole day I got a different meaning of life. I could understand life is not
so easy, it’s too hard, cruel, full of dust and sorrow
for a street boy.
Mohakhali,
Date: 11-10-05
(It’s
an imaginary story; there is no character in real life mentioned here)
Mark: 7.5/10
Comment: Benzir, your essay clearly reflects your
thoughtfulness, which is a great quality for a writer. I think you have a good
potential to be an excellent writer! Take care of the errors seriously. Keep on
writing on new topics. (Tahmina Begum: Course
Instructor of ENG 102 and Faculty Member,
Written
in 1st Mid term examination (Essay Category:
Narrative) of the course Composition and Communication Skills (ENG 102),
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